On a wild Saturday night in Indianapolis, the Wisconsin Badgers earned a victory that’s significance rivals that of any other in program history. The Badgers brought down previously unbeaten Kentucky 71-64 in a Final Four rematch at Lucas Oil Stadium, which not only ended the Wildcats’ quest for perfection, but also sent Wisconsin into […]

To get you ready for the Final Four this weekend, I’ve comprised a list of the top four teams, coaches and games since the 1999-2000 season. While there are a lot of great teams and coaches to choose from, only the elite made the following lists.

One of the biggest letdowns in the past 32 years of Purdue basketball has been the inability to reach the biggest stage in college hoops: the Final Four. But all of that is about to change … barring any horrific injury, of course.

Last year’s Final Four was special because the teams that reached the national semifinals weren’t necessarily loaded with future NBA stars. With that in mind we thought we would take a look at where the stars from last year’s Final Four teams are now.

On one side of the bracket, arch enemies Kentucky and Louisville will face off. On the other side, Kansas will take on Ohio State. The winners will play for the right to be called 2012 National Champion. Here is a quick rundown of the TV schedule for next weekend’s games.

In episode #28 of The Bottoms Line College Basketball Podcast, Andy is once again joined by Troy Machir of NBC Sports’ College Basketball Talk and Raphielle Johnson of CollegeHoopsNet.com to quickly recap the NCAA Tournament’s first weekend and then look ahead to the Sweet 16.

In your quest to unearth the big first round upset, don’t lose sight of the big picture, which is that most NCAA Tournament pools give increasing points for correct predictions deeper in the tournament. This post contains several statistical notes you may find helpful as you try to decide if you’re comfortable with your Final Four predictions.

For the fourth straight year, Jerod is posting instant, statistically-based NCAA Tournament predictions immediately after the brackets are announced. This year, his March Madness bracket prediction system is based on Four Factors data culled from KenPom.com.